I’m fairly certain I’m going to blow it for the Knitting Olympics this year too. I even bit off FAR less than last time, but work, once again, reared it’s head. Can’t complain though. Gainful employment is not such a bad thing. Back to knitting grading papers! Knitting progress as of last night, 9ish.

OHMAWGAW It’s a DINOSAUR!!!! Beautifully done touring show! No Nigel Marvin but you can’t have everything, can you.

I Am a Have but I Happen to Have Not – Velveteen Mind. I am in love.

Dear Mr. Riordan, As an educator, a former production and executive assistant in Hollywood, and an aspiring YA novelist I just wanted to send some sympathy your way. My 9 year old son and I—both fans of your book The Lightning Thief—went to see the new film version of it last Friday. My 9 year old really loved it—with caveats. I was willing to go along with the inevitable book-to-film discrepancies for most of the movie. I...

Day one.

No memes. Nothing compelling. No amazing knitting going on (well…that’s not really true). Just time to write again. I found this nifty iPhone app called TripleQuick (from the good people at featherproof books)—it’s a fiction app that lets you read (or submit) 333 word short stories—a story that could be read completely in three iPhone screens (get it? Triple Quick). You can download and read all of these nifty...